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Annie Short believes most Wisconsin business owners probably haven't given a lot of thought about employees showing up for work legally stoned.

"Before we legalize this, let's really think through the complications of marijuana," the program manager for Healthiest Manitowoc County, told this month's Wellness Council Awareness Lunch audience. Her talk was titled, "Drug Abuse and the Cost to Businesses."

"What is that safe level that you would want employees who use marijuana on the job site?" Short asked, knowing more than a dozen states have legalized so-called medical marijuana ...